Victims' rights are legal rights afforded to victims of crime. These may include the right to restitution, the right to a victims' advocate, the right...

A victims' rights group is a type of advocacy group which advocates or lobbies for legal, social or political change on behalf of victims of serious crime...

In the United States, the Victims' Rights Amendment is a provision which has been included in some states' constitutions, proposed for other states, and...

enumerates the rights afforded to victims in federal criminal cases and victims of offenses committed in the District of Columbia. The Act grants victims the following...

Nicholas in 1983, she helped build Justice for Homicide Victims, one of California's early victims' rights organizations. Her late daughter is the namesake for...

week and raise awareness about victims' rights and services. Office for Victims of Crime's National Crime Victims' Rights Week observance website v t e...

January 16, 1924 – July 10, 1992) was an American activist for the rights of crime victims, and the mother of actress Sharon Tate. After Sharon Tate and several...

discharges by CITGO were "victims" under the Crime Victims' Rights Act. In 2014, Cassell argued on behalf of a child pornography victim ("Amy") before the United...

After a sexual assault or rape, victims are often subjected to scrutiny and, in some cases, mistreatment. Victims undergo medical examinations and are...

California's victims' rights movement after the death of his stepdaughter, Marsalee (Marsy) Nicholas, in 1983. He was the husband of victims' rights advocate...

A Benefit for Victims of Violent Crime provided funds to The Center for Victims of Violence and Crime and features five new Anti-Flag studio tracks along...

case escaped custodial sentences. The sentences were criticized by Human Rights Watch. In March 2006, the CBS News program, "60 Minutes" investigated the...

would have established his violent history with women. Victims for Victims, a victims' rights group that was founded by actress Theresa Saldana, protested...

standard of living, right to health, victims' rights and the right to science and culture. Economic, social and cultural rights are recognised and protected in...

the psychological effects on victims, the relationship between victims and offenders, the interactions between victims and the criminal justice system—that...

conducted without consulting the victims, was later ruled illegal by a federal judge for violating the Crime Victims' Rights Act. In March 2005, the Palm...

Marsy's Law, the California Victims' Bill of Rights Act of 2008, enacted by voters as Proposition 9 through the initiative process in the November 2008...

society. The vast majority of the Nazi regime's victims were Jews, Sinti-Roma peoples, and Slavs but victims also encompassed people identified as social...

of Directors and co-chairs the National Victims' Constitutional Amendment Network. The Crime Victims' Rights Act of 2004 was named, in part, for Stephanie...

offers support to victims of sex trafficking. She is an alleged victim of the sex trafficking ring of Jeffrey Epstein. Giuffre created Victims Refuse Silence...

and extended the rights of victims. To do so, it amended the California Constitution and ordinary statutes. The Victims' Bill of Rights declared its purpose...

Survivors' Bill of Rights Act of 2016 (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 114–236 (text) (PDF)) is a landmark civil rights and victims rights legislation...

Crime Victims' Rights Act, which listed a victims' bill of rights and provided mandamus relief in appellate court for any victim denied those rights. The...

grounds that it violated victims' rights. On April 7, 2015, Judge Kenneth Marra ruled that the allegations made by alleged victim Virginia Roberts against...

devotion to Sharon's memory and dedication to victims' rights ... have helped transform Sharon from mere victim, [and] restore a human face to one of the...

Carlos Blumberg (born in 1945) is an Argentine textile entrepreneur and victims' rights advocate who rose to prominence following the 2004 murder of his son...

Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation for Victims of Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law and Serious Violations of International Humanitarian...

Human rights are moral principles or norms that establish standards of human behaviour and are regularly protected as substantive rights in municipal and...

The Victim Rights Law Center (VRLC) is a non-profit organization that provides free legal services to victims of rape and sexual assault in Massachusetts...

spoken openly about finding healing by becoming a victims' advocate in support of victims' rights and delivering motivational speeches. Vincent works...